This is Why Voting in Local Elections is Critical-A Teacher in LA is Arrested for Asking for a Raise

[dlk]

If anyone doubts voting in local elections isn't serious business, they need only watch the short clip below where a Louisiana teacher is ARRESTED and put in handcuffs because she asked for a raise at a school board meeting. As this clip shows, Republicans will not hesitate to use fascist tactics to retain their monopoly.

This clip is from an article by Matthew Chapman on ShareBlue Media:

[link:http://shareblue.com/watch-louisiana-teacher-arrested-for-asking-gop-school-board-president-for-a-raise/|

[RKP5637]

1. As is often typical, many Americans don't pay attention until eventually it happens to them too.

Then, they will say, WTF, how did this happen, and then it will be too late as the Gestapo steps on them too.

[Hortensis]

5. What you say is so true, but it's true of people everywhere,

and that's how I would have said it: "people don't pay attention." It's part of the human condition.

Speaking of Americans specifically, after 228 years of stable democracy, Americans have far better excuse for thinking it couldn't happen here than those of something like 150 other nations.

For all our current dangerous stupidity, Americans have overall been doing something more right and longer than most peoples have achieved.

Our traditions and expectations borne of those 228 years of democratic republican government make it far less likely that it can happen here than, say, in Germany, which had about 15 years of experiment in representative government during the period of misery between Kaiser and Hitler. Or Russia, very similarly. Also Iran. All authoritarian cultures returning to authoritarian government.

[burnbaby]

2. what's a republican

doing in LA?

[dlk]

3. LA is the Abbreviation for Louisiana

When people say it can't happen here often, by then, it already has.

[burnbaby]

6. tried to delete my post

I should have watched the video first. I am speechless. I can't believe what I saw

[dlk]

10. The Video's Implications are Horrifying!

[burnbaby]

11. I didn't think something

like that could happen in this country. this is outrageous

[snooper2]

4. it's usually helpful to read more than just the title of a thread

[burnbaby]

7. yes you are correct

wow is all I can say

[Initech]

8. Yup, and the corporate kleptocracy continues.

I can't imagine too many Americans want to work shit hours for shit wages and no benefits, only to be dragged away in fucking handcuffs when you ask for better. This is no way to live a life and definitely no way to run a country.

[workinclasszero]

13. Land of the free and home of the brave

MAGA baby!

[dlk]

9. Unless Americans Wake Up and Vote, It Will Only Continue to Get Worse

To paraphrase, when people show you who they are, believe them. Republicans have repeatedly demonstrated they don't believe in the rule of law for themselves. It's only for the other guy. Since strong public schools are the foundation of democracy, it's easy to understand why there has been a multi-decade attack on our public schools by Republicans. Uneducated people are much more easily manipulated.

[d_r]

12. "stop resisting"

[KentuckyWoman]

14. Disingenuous

She was arrested because she was out of order and refused to step down. The subject matter didn't matter.

This teacher did the right thing. Not because of the money, though that matters too. But because any government who refuses to listen needs a spotlight on it. She got herself in handcuffs deliberately....

Good for her. More of us need to refuse to sit down and shut up.

[JDC]

15. This is insane. This cannot stand in any state. Only 4 recs?

This needs to be sent straight to the greatest page for a broader audience.

[d_r]

16. some past background stories

http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2016/05/19/vermilion-parish-superintendent-could-face-termination/84590138/

Note: This story was originally published in 2016.

The professional future of Vermilion Parish Superintendent Jerome Puyau appears murky.

Earlier this week, the district’s school board completed the first of a two-part evaluation of Puyau. The board is now finishing the second part of the evaluation, but some say the superintendent may lack the board support to stay in office.

Board President Anthony Fontana said he has heard concerns that Puyau is intimidating toward some teachers and principals. Fontana does not share those beliefs, calling Puyau “the best superintendent I’ve ever worked for.”

Board member Laura LeBeouf said she is concerned about several aspects of district operations, including staffing, finances and what she considers a lack of strategic planning.

MY NOTE: THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOULD BE WORKING FOR THE BOARD, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. A year later, the board president Fontana sued board member LaBeouf.

https://kadn.com/vermilion-parish-school-board-president-sues-another-board-member/

The suit says Lebeouf conspired with other board members to skip meetings which unlawfully sabotaged the board’s ability to conduct business because the board didn’t have the members necessary to vote on important issues.

[struggle4progress]

17. ... Superintendent Puyau told KADN that the school board doesnt plan to file charges

against the teacher. According to a board member, Puyau received a $38,000 raise on a three-year extension in a 5 to 3 vote. The median household income for Vermilion Parish was $47,083 in 2016, according to the census.

In May 2016, Puyau received a negative assessment from some members of the school board, USA Today reported. They pointed to district spending and his attitude toward employees as a reason why.

"This superintendent is an intimidator,” board member Kibbie Pillette said in a TV interview. “That is his style of leadership" ...

http://www.heraldsun.com/news/nation-world/national/article193715439.html

[struggle4progress]

18. Although the Vermilion Parish School System is not pressing charges against her,

the teacher removed from Monday night's school board meeting has been booked into jail.

Records indicate Deyshia Hargrave was booked into the city jail with remaining after being forbidden and resisting an officer. The cooperation of the school system would not be required to arrest her on either of those charges; the officer could arrest her on his complaint.

Superintendent Jerome Puyau told KATC Monday night that he called to ensure that police knew the system was not pressing charges against Hargrave, but she was booked anyway, records show. She has since bonded out. City Prosecutor Ike Funderburk told KATC that the School System officials had called him this morning to reiterate that the system wasn't interested in pursuing charges ...

http://www.katc.com/story/37220702/teacher-who-was-removed-from-vermilion-school-board-meeting-in-handcuffs-booked-into-jail

[struggle4progress]

19. ... Abbeville Police Department has released this statement:

"In response to the numerous requests for the teacher’s booking information, the Abbeville Police Department is cooperating as directed by law. The Abbeville Police Department did not arrest the teacher. Due to the location of her arrest and the arresting agency's jurisdiction, which includes the city limits of Abbeville, she was booked in and bonded from the local police department."

... Deyshia Hargrave was booked on one count of resisting and officer and one count of remaining on premises after forbidden.

The department ... has directed all questions concerning the incident to the Vermilion Parish School Board.

http://klfy.com/2018/01/09/abbeville-police-department-issues-statement-after-teacher-arrest/

[struggle4progress]

20. ... A city marshal on duty at the meeting approached her as she continued to speak

and directed her to leave the room ... It is unclear whether the marshal acted on board members' orders or his own accord ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vermillion-louisiana-teacher-handcuffed-school-board-meeting-abbeville/

[struggle4progress]

21. ... Hargrave has yet to comment on her removal. Neither has the city marshals office,

which employs the deputy marshal involved.

http://wsav.com/2018/01/09/video-teacher-questioning-administrative-pay-raises-removed-from-board-meeting-in-handcuffs/

[ProudLib72]

22. Does this remind anyone of having that woman arrested for laughing at Sessions?

This is becoming the norm.